The Midlanders will face Fulham in Saturday's Sky Bet Championship play-off final, with a place in the Premier League at stake.
Snodgrass has experience of the cut-throat nature of the play-offs, having been part of the Hull side that beat Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 back in 2016 and the Soctland international says that fearing failure can be a positive.
"I know some of the other lads have experienced it as well. That's beauty of the play-offs, it's the fear of losing that drives you forwards," he explained.
"None of the lads want to lose.
"Everybody wants to be on the good end, the club have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to get the club back there. It's very rare you get a second chance to get to your final destination.
"We fell short in the automatic places, we know now there's no room for error.
'It's the Championship though isn't it? Everybody loves watching the Championship."
Villa's progression to the final may have come as a surprise to some, with Steve Bruce's side haivng won just one of their first seven games of the season and the 30-year-old believes his side will have a tough task on their hands when they face Fulham.
"It feels like I've had three seasons in one with West Ham, then coming here, then getting to the play-offs. We know it's going to be hard, but if you want results, you've got to beat the best," he continued.
"We have to beat Fulham who have been one of the best teams in the division.
"I'm taking about all season, even taking Wolves and Cardiff into account and they went up.
"Everybody watching Fulham would probably agree."